Sammy Sosa

[XZero771679666304]

Ignoring the steroids discussion......

 

For a team with some cash, it might not be bad to sign him to a one-year deal. He'll probably come extremely cheap, and you're basically hoping that he can regain his old stroke. If your team is out of the race, then send him along to the Yankees for a prospect. If he repeats this year, the investment in him will be small.

 

Yeah, he'll be cheap. You can DH him. Make sure you have a short LF porch.

 

Get your 600 and retire with dignity, Sammy. As soon as you hit it, tip your cap and call it a career.

 

 

Dignity went flying out the window about the same time time the cork went flying out of Sammy's bat.

 

Come on now, we all know that was just a "batting practice" bat..........

 

I personally believe it was a practice bat.

 

I also believe Sam juiced. Others can believe he didn't, along with believing Oswald acted alone, O.J. is innocent, and other such nonsense (IMO). Sometimes common sense overides an abscence of proof, when there is enough circumstantial evidence. If I say I believe Sosa is innocent, then I have to say the same of players like Bonds, Boone, McGwire, etc., and I can't honestly do that.

 

And I loved (and still do) Sammy Sosa. I have just reconciled with his probable cheating.

[illiniguy]

Ignoring the steroids discussion......

 

For a team with some cash, it might not be bad to sign him to a one-year deal. He'll probably come extremely cheap, and you're basically hoping that he can regain his old stroke. If your team is out of the race, then send him along to the Yankees for a prospect. If he repeats this year, the investment in him will be small.

 

Yeah, he'll be cheap. You can DH him. Make sure you have a short LF porch.

 

Get your 600 and retire with dignity, Sammy. As soon as you hit it, tip your cap and call it a career.

 

 

Dignity went flying out the window about the same time time the cork went flying out of Sammy's bat.

 

Come on now, we all know that was just a "batting practice" bat..........

 

I personally believe it was a practice bat.

 

I also believe Sam juiced. Others can believe he didn't, along with believing Oswald acted alone, O.J. is innocent, and other such nonsense (IMO). Sometimes common sense overides an abscence of proof, when there is enough circumstantial evidence. If I say I believe Sosa is innocent, then I have to say the same of players like Bonds, Boone, McGwire, etc., and I can't honestly do that.

 

And I loved (and still do) Sammy Sosa. I have just reconciled with his probable cheating.

why let it bother you, with each passing week it seems someone else was doing. Sammy wasn't the only one. I would like to see him have one more good year.

[XZero771679666304]

Ignoring the steroids discussion......

 

For a team with some cash, it might not be bad to sign him to a one-year deal. He'll probably come extremely cheap, and you're basically hoping that he can regain his old stroke. If your team is out of the race, then send him along to the Yankees for a prospect. If he repeats this year, the investment in him will be small.

 

Yeah, he'll be cheap. You can DH him. Make sure you have a short LF porch.

 

Get your 600 and retire with dignity, Sammy. As soon as you hit it, tip your cap and call it a career.

 

 

Dignity went flying out the window about the same time time the cork went flying out of Sammy's bat.

 

Come on now, we all know that was just a "batting practice" bat..........

 

I personally believe it was a practice bat.

 

I also believe Sam juiced. Others can believe he didn't, along with believing Oswald acted alone, O.J. is innocent, and other such nonsense (IMO). Sometimes common sense overides an abscence of proof, when there is enough circumstantial evidence. If I say I believe Sosa is innocent, then I have to say the same of players like Bonds, Boone, McGwire, etc., and I can't honestly do that.

 

And I loved (and still do) Sammy Sosa. I have just reconciled with his probable cheating.

why let it bother you, with each passing week it seems someone else was doing. Sammy wasn't the only one. I would like to see him have one more good year.

 

It doesn't bother me that much. I loved Sammy as much as anyone, but some people get way too defensive at the insinuation that he was on steroids. I wish him the best, but I have no delusions of his innocence. He may be innocent, but I doubt it. And it is a legitimate issue that pertains to his future.

[RynoRules]

It doesn't bother me that much. I loved Sammy as much as anyone, but some people get way too defensive at the insinuation that he was on steroids. I wish him the best, but I have no delusions of his innocence. He may be innocent, but I doubt it. And it is a legitimate issue that pertains to his future.

 

I agree with one exception - I stopped loving Sammy when he walked out on us last year and then lied about it. I had defended him on all counts until then. Off topic, but still.

 

[don_kessinger_was_good]

Sammy Sosa will be fondly remembered by Cubs fans years from now, years after they've long forgotten who Dusty Baker and Jim Hendry were.

 

Cut Sam some slack.